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Trailer Bride
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 22, 1997
GenreAlternative Country
Length43:13
LabelYep Roc[1]
Trailer Bride chronology
Trailer Bride
(1997)
Smelling Salts
(1998)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]

Trailer Bride is the self-titled debut album by the alternative country band Trailer Bride, released in 1997.

Critical reception

No Depression praised the album, writing that it "shows off some spiffy guitar and harmonica playing, and some ear-catching vocals, and some deceptively simple, almost loopy lyrics that hide pretty powerful insights."[3]

Track listing

All songs written by Melissa Swingle.

  1. "Sorry Times" - 3:11
  2. "Mardi Gras" - 3:32
  3. "Let Mama Drive" - 3:32
  4. "Rouge" - 2:53
  5. "Arrowheads" - 4:20
  6. "Road to Canaan" - 3:14
  7. "Trailer Bride" - 3:43
  8. "Maudlin" - 3:07
  9. "Landyacht Take Me Home" - 2:35
  10. "Chatham Co. Militia" - 2:57
  11. "Sway" - 2:57
  12. "Flying Saucer" - 2:55
  13. "Train at Night" - 4:17

Personnel

  • Brad Goolsby - drums
  • Melissa Swingle - vocals, guitars (acoustic, electric, & slide), harmonica, organ, saw
  • Robert Mitchener - bass

Additional personnel

  • Mike Beard - Jew's-Harp, tambourine
  • Bryon Settle - guitar, shaker
  • Joanne Ramsey - background vocals

References

  1. ^ "Yep Roc's modest operation belies its grandiose ambitions". Goldmine Magazine: Record Collector & Music Memorabilia.
  2. ^ "Trailer Bride". AllMusic. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
  3. ^ "Trailer Bride – One flew over the rooster's nest". No Depression. Retrieved 12 July 2020.